Improvement in tips for stationary and portable fountains



A. WBBBRI Tip for Stationary and Portable Fountains.

No. 216,920. 'Patnted June '24, 1879.

conical cup.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLPH WEBER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN TIPS FOR STATIONARY AND PORTABLE FOUNTAINS.

Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 216,920, dated June 24, 1879; application filed February '20, 1879.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADOLPH WEBER, of Detroit, in the'county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented an Improvement in Tips for Stationary and Portable Fountains, of which the following is a specification.

The nature of my invention relates tocertain new and usefulimprovements in tips for stationary and portable fountains, designed to produce beautiful aesthetic effects to the eye; and the invention consists in the novel construction of the various parts, and their arrangement in various combinations with each other, as more fully hereinafter set forth and described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved tip. Fig. 2 is a perspective of that part of the tip which screws onto the water-pipe of the fountain, for which purpose the interior lower end of the part is provided with a suitable female thread. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of that part of the tip which screwsinto the part shown in Fig. 2, and shows the plug to fit the top of said part, with spiral water-ways in its periphery. Fig. 4 is a perspective of the nut which holds the conical cup and wings, so that they may rotate on the part shown in Fig. 3. Fig, 5 is a vertical section through the center of the Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the plug with spiral water-ways in its periphery, designed to be inserted in the nozzle. Fig. 7 is an elevation of the nozzle.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, A represents a hollow plug interiorly tapped at its base to engage with a suitable screw upon the end of the water-pipe of a fountain to which my invention is to be applied. Into the top of this plug is screwed the pipe B, provided with a flange, a, which fits closely into the opening b in the plug, to prevent the flow of water, except as hereinafter described.

The opening in the pipe B communicates with the chamber, or, if preferred, with suitable ways in the plug A and allows a portion of the'water to flow through it; and in the periphery of the flange a. are cut spiral waterways c, which will give direction to the water which flows through them.

G is an inverted conical cup, interiorly provided with apipe, d, which is sleeved on the pipe B, so that its base rests and will revolve on the shoulder e of said pipe, and when in place the nut D, screwed to the top of the said pipe, will hold the before-named parts together.

To the periphery of the cup aresecured, at equal distances apart, the spiral flanges or wings f. These should be so placed that the water coming through the spiral water-ways" upon the pipe B-V-that is to say, the conical cup and its wings and the nozzle so revolve, while the plug A and pipe B remain stationary.

By means of this construction and arrangement of parts, whenattached either to a portable or stationary fountain, some very'beautiful effects are given, and the course of the water is under control to produce them when desired.

It will be noticed that balls G are secured tothe upper edge of the conical cup. These are to act as counter-balances to the force of the water against the wings. The effectmay be materially increased in beauty by making the cup, wings, and balls of glass; or, if made heavy enough, the balls may be dispensed with. upon the cup.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a fountain tip, and in combination with the plug A, provided with openings in the top, substantially as shown, the rotating flanged cup 0, operated by thewater issuin through the said openings or water-ways, sub stantially as set forth. H

2. In combination with the hollow plug A, the pipe B, provided with flange a, in the periphery of which are the spiral water-ways c,

and the rotating flanged cup O,.substantially 5.- The improved"fountain-tip consisting of as and for the purposes specified. the parts A', B, O, 1), E, F, and G, constructed 3. In nozzles, the removable plug E,'pro and arranged to operate substantially as and vided with spiral water-ways g, substantially for the purposes described. as and for the purposes described.

4. An improved fountain-tip consisting of ADOLPH WEBER" the parts A, B, G, D, E, and F, constructed Witnesses: and arranged to operate substantially as and H. S. SPRAGUE, for the purposes set forth. O. J. HUNT. 

